During the operation, a group of insurgents attacked the
security force with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. The
security force returned fire and killed several of the attackers.

The
security force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed one of
the insurgents killed during the operation was Ahmadullah.

Ahmadullah
was responsible for coordinating several attacks against Afghan
government officials as well as Afghan and coalition security forces.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

South

An
Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a
senior Taliban leader in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. As
the security force approached the Taliban leader’s suspected location,
an insurgent attacked the Afghan and coalition troops with small-arms
fire. The security force returned fire killing the insurgent. The
operation also resulted in the detention of multiple suspected
insurgents.

An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an
operation to arrest a Taliban improvised explosive device specialist in
Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, today. The explosive specialist
carries out improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and
coalition forces throughout the district. During the operation, the
security force detained multiple suspected insurgents.East

An
Afghan and coalition security force confirmed today that one of the
individuals detained yesterday during an operation in Achin district,
Nangarhar province, is a known Taliban weapons dealer. The weapons
dealer provided firearms and explosives to Taliban insurgents throughout
the province.

An Afghan and coalition security force detained
two suspected insurgents during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader
in Rashidan district, Ghazni province, today. The Taliban leader
controls multiple insurgents and directs attacks against Afghan and
coalition forces throughout the province.